PROGRAM CHANGE
PROPOSALS
UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE
The Curriculum Subcommittee will meet on Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at 1:30 in SAC 275 to review the Program Change Proposals contained in this list. (Response due to Academic Affairs by noon on March 11, 2008) |
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Computer Science |
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NEW PROGRAM Undergraduate Certificate of Academic Achievement in Information Assurance and Security Justification: Undergraduate Certificate of Academic Achievement in Information Assurance and Security:(3) CSC 152, Cryptography (new course proposal in progress)Justification. The Center for Information Assurance and Security (CIAS) was recently approved as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. The proposed certificate program would satisfy one of 10 criteria to renew this standing in five years’ time. The certificate program would also satisfy one of the key aspects of the center’s mission, which is to advance knowledge of information assurance and security practices through education, training and awareness, applied research, outreach, and collaboration with other institutions. NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE Justification: Restructuring to merge required core courses CSC 230, 232, 233, 235, 238 and electives CSC 231, 234, 236 into one group from which students are required to take seven out of eight courses. The required core course in Research Methodology is now in its own lettered section. Other degree requirements remain the same. Justification: This change will not reduce the rigor or change the units of the degree program but will provide flexibility in department course scheduling.
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